Thanks for stopping by. I'm a React engineer & designer, with over 15 years of software production experience; 7 years in Javascript, 12 years in QA and 3 years in UI/UX Design.
My specialty is working with React Hooks, Redux & Thunk; Designing Vector Graphics & Wireframing
I designed all of the vector graphics here in Affinity Designer, and styled my portfolio from scratch with Sass & Mixins
I can design, engineer, & test new applications.
I’ve been working in Agile software production environments for over a decade. When working in a team environment, my task-tracking, written communication & documentation are unmatched.
If you are looking for a unicorn that can do just about anything in the digital realm, you’ve found your engineer.
me@jasontoups.com . LinkedIn . Portfolio . Github . 404.625.6530
Frontend Engineer, with over 15 years of Software Production experience, including Engineering, Testing & UI/UX Design
| Programming: | Javascript · Typescript · Angular · RxJS · Markdown · React · React-Redux · React-Thunk · Vue · Shell · HTML · CSS · Sass · JQuery · Docker |
| Production: | Agile Development/Scrum Master · JIRA · Git · Software Releases · Affinity Designer · Figma · Adobe Creative Suite · Technical Documentation · UI/UX Design · A/B Testing |
Worked with Angular & RxJS on the revenue-generating International Payments Team.
- Retrofitted existing Domestic payment flows with International options, to enable users to make International Payments with current exchange rates.
- Operated across several teams to enable these features by working with the code owners to develop features and fix bugs.
- Wrote package.json scripts to streamline repetitive engineering tasks.
- Created training documentation in Markdown, on Confluence to onboard new engineers and standardize processes.
Technologies used: TypeScript · Angular · RxJS · Technical Documentation · Training · JavaScript
Worked on the Micro Front End team, transitioning Production pages from 6 brands, into a unified Vue project.
- Engineered styling & architectural updates to Vue components to all 6 supported brands, including; the Product Information pages for the Purchasing Component & Product Flags Component, Shop pages, & Content pages.
- Solved Local Environment Stability Issues with a self-directed NodeJS project that automated engineering tasks, including; cloning 11 repos pointing to multiple remotes per brand, running 4-5 server commands, creating multiple feature branches, updating local branches to the latest release code,
- Managed & Migrated pull requests from team-specific repos, to Bedrock & Release Management repos, including batch cherry-picked commits from my team to the upstream repos.
- Mentored junior engineers on my team with paired programming sessions and sharing my documentation.
Technologies used: Javascript · Vue · SASS · NodeJS · Shell · Markdown · Adobe Experience Manager
NewlyWords is a React & Ruby memory book platform where hundreds of users per day can invite their friends & family to collaborate on a commemorative digital or physical book.
- Engineered the Memory Book Project Dashboard in React with custom Hooks, where project owners view and edit pages submitted from their contributors, and view information about their book.
- Built the Questionnaire as a new memory book content type, providing project owners a place to ask their contributors questions to answer for their collaborative memory book content.
- Developed a design guide with classNames and partials, from the product design system, to build stylesheets which implemented reusable classnames and styles.
- Mentored a junior ui/ux designer by providing design advice to help him utilize Figma features more robustly, and to think about user experience from our user’s perspective, following a contextual flow of page elements.
Technologies used: Javascript · React · React-Hooks · Ruby · Shell · Markdown
HUOA is a philanthropic organization dedicated to cultural exchange between Hawaii & Japan.
- Refactored existing static HUOA site to a dynamic React site, using Wordpress on the backend.
- Built reusable containers & components that were used across the site.
- Engineered custom Hooks to handle State between multiple components.
Skills: JavaScript · React · React-Hooks · Sass · Technical Documentation · Training
Engineered & Designed mobile marketing materials for the programmatic marketing platform.
- Engineered HTML playable ads in Javascript, with Adobe Animate for clients.
- Implemented Responsive Design solution that consistently generated lift across all existing playable ads, and became an engineering standard.
- Created Playable Ad Production Workflow, to design mockups and storyboards for ad approval, and CSS for engineers.
- Upgraded client assets with self-designed elements, that were approved by advertisers including Disney, Warner Brothers & King, for their Frozen, Harry Potter, and Candy Crush IPs.
Skills: JavaScript · Figma · UI/UX · User Interface Design · Technical Documentation · Training
Produced playable ads, while coordinating the production in JIRA, spanning three global regions, four outsourced development studios, and a team of internal engineers.
- Designed UI/UX storyboards for free-to-play playable ads in Figma, to send to advertisers for approval and engineering to build the ads.
- Scaled the production of playables 170% in the first 2 months.
- Iterated existing ads with A/B testing, tracked and reported results from Metamarkets data to all stakeholders.
Skills: Figma · UI/UX · User Interface Design · Product Development · Technical Documentation · Training
Tested Chartboost SDKs for iOS, Android & Unity for release.
- Wrote automation test scripts in Python, using PyTest and Selenium with the Appium framework.
- Ran & Maintained build scripts to create release builds, with Jenkins.
- Tested the features going into the SDK, using Charles Proxy testing to inject responses from the server to the SDK.
Skills: Python · PyTest · Selenium · Appium · Team Leadership · Technical Documentation · Training
Prepared two mobile free-to-play games for App Store submission, from tentpole Kixeye IP, and contributed several level designs for War Commander Mobile in Unity.
- Wrote Javascript mobile automation testing scripts with the Monkeytalk platform.
- Prepared release builds by running build scripts, and uploading builds to TestFlight.
- Managed testing responsibilities for internal and external testing teams.
- Standardized Feature Progress Reporting and Feature Progress JIRA dashboards across the Quality team.
Skills: Javascript · Monkeytalk · Team Leadership · Technical Documentation · Training
Additional Work Experience Provided Upon Request & Linked In Profile
University of New Orleans / BA Philosophy